The Control of Blood Pressure Worldwide: A Glimmer of Success

Before the current editorial, however, a very interesting paper of Moser & Roccella, 3 based on a carefully established programs of public health involving several health organizations and experts in the field, achieved the conclusion that hypertension was the most important reason of adult medical visit and a statistically significant decline by 70% for heart disease and 80% of the stroke was seen in controlled hypertensives despite a substantial increase in obesity and diabetes in the United States.Undoubtedly, these dramatic data support the need to control blood pressure values.Moreover, the 2014 updated guidelines of the American Society of Hypertension 4 achieved almost similar results.